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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Ex-Deadspin staff launch digital media company Defector Media, which they will own and operate, led by EIC Tom Ley and open to subscribers for $8 per month — The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture.
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@defectormedia, Hell World, Mediaite, Awful Announcing, The Wrap, @xor, @mattsaincome, @cliffordlevy, @cwarzel, @barry, @mikeisaac, bookforum.com, InsideHook, @pykea, @michaeltoole, @drewmagary, @lainnafader, @media_evan, @toley88, @seandkennedy, @davidsirota, @brofax, @jaycaspiankang, @ylichterman, @hamiltonnolan, @senari, @tomscocca and @alexmsilverman
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
After pushback, Sinclair says it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring discredited researcher of the conspiracy theory-driven “Plandemic” — New York (CNN)The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) said Monday it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
WaPo names Krissah Thompson as its first managing editor for diversity and inclusion, a role created in the wake of the protests over racial inequality — The Washington Post has named Krissah Thompson, a veteran editor and reporter with nearly 20 years of experience at the organization …
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@washingtonpost, @markberman, @gbrockell, @geoffedgers, @blackamazon and @malitzd
Euirim Choi / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Instagram has made lucrative offers, some in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, to some of TikTok's most popular creators to use Reels — Instagram makes lucrative offers to popular TikTok users to join its new competing service, raising stakes in social-media rivalry
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New York Post, Engadget, @joshelman, @sarthakgh and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Times-Picayune treated David Duke “less as a politician than as a threat” during his 1991 run for governor, an approach that media can emulate in 2020 — In recent weeks, Slow Burn, the hit history podcast from Slate, has broadcast its fourth season, on the political rise of David Duke …
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@cjr, @bgrueskin, @froomkin, @jon_allsop and @jayrosen_nyu
Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
A look at five years of journalists and commentators talking about imminent pivots by Trump, praising him for always-temporary changes in his tone — It's been more than five years since Donald Trump rode down the golden escalator of his eponymous New York City tower to a crowd containing actors paid to cheer for him.
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@soledadobrien, @whstancil, @thekjohnston, @jgkoomey, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, @soledadobrien and GeekChicGazette
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Podcast editor Descript adds a $30/month pro tier with access to its Overdub feature, which essentially lets you use deepfake audio to fix your own mistakes — The AI-powered Overdub feature is exiting beta — Descript, the maker of artificial intelligence-powered audio editing software …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Business journalism company Industry Dive acquires the content marketing arm of NewsCred to help it sell custom ads to an audience spanning 20 niche industries — Industry Dive, a business journalism company, is acquiring the marketing arm of NewsCred, a global technology company, executives tell Axios.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Caitlin Roper named NYT's executive producer for scripted projects, a role in which she'll develop NYT stories for film and TV alongside Hollywood producers — Caitlin Roper, who has been a senior editor at The New York Times Magazine since 2016, will develop Times reporting into scripted TV and film projects.
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@caitlinroper, The New York Times Company and Breitbart
Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
Profile of Chartbeat founder Tony Haile and his new startup, Scroll, which offers an ad-free, $5/month bundle of 300 publishers and is off to a slow start — Tony Haile is one of the most well-liked personalities in media, a smooth-talking Brit who can gossip with reporters …
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Simon Owens's Tech …, @jason_kint, @perlberg, @simonowens and @raju
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom allows BBC to cut two out of three of its daily TV bulletins for children to focus on creating online content, given shifts in how children consume media — The BBC will cut two out of three of its daily Newsround TV bulletins for children after Ofcom gave the go-ahead for it to prioritise online coverage.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify debuts a Group Session feature in beta, letting up to five premium users simultaneously listen to the same content remotely — Simultaneously stream music or podcasts — Spotify is now allowing its paying users to listen to music and podcasts with friends and family at the same time …
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